This is a basic recipe that can be varied in many ways. It’s not a low calorie way to start the day, but is an awfully popular breakfast. This is also ready quickly enough for a school morning. Neni usually ate one big piece in the car, and brought another along for later on in the day. Good plan, since there was hardly ever any left by the time she got back from school.
Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
Put in food processor (or mix in a bowl using a pastry cutter or a couple of forks):
450 ml flour
225 ml sugar
125 ml butter or margarine
10 ml baking power
2.5 ml teaspoon salt
5 ml cinnamon
Mix together until nicely crumbed. Add:
225 ml skim milk
Blend until smooth and pour into greased brownie pan (3 to 5 cm deep, and 20 cm square or 17 by 23 cm).
Without cleaning out food processor, add:
2 slices of stale bread
50 ml brown sugar
2.5 ml cinnamon
30 ml butter.
Blend until mixture is crumbs, and sprinkle evenly over batter. (If you’re using a bowl, use prepared bread crumbs.) Bake about 25 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting a knife in the center of the cake. It’s done when the knife comes out clean.
VARIATIONS: They are endless. Use your imagination and whatever you have on hand. Substitute orange juice for the milk. Add a little grated orange peel to the batter for more intense flavor. Add nuts to crumbs. Stir some fruit like blueberries or raspberries in the batter. Grapenuts cereal adds some texture to the crumbs. So do oats. Experiment!